Hey! I’m Scott Franz

I am the Editor of The Gilpatrick. Currently, I am the only author of this blog, but I hope in the future that changes 🤞. If you are interested in collaborationg on a data project or writing a blog post feel free to reach out via email.

I work as a data wrangler at the Institute for Social Resarch. I volunteer for Walk Bike Washtenaw an organization helping create safer and more comfortable transportation infrastructure for people in and around Ann Arbor, MI 🌳.

I designed a study and wrote a paper about mindfulness, connection to nature, and pro-environmental behavior. I also helped analyze mother-adolscent conversations about volunteering in graduate school.

The timeline below indicates approximations of where I have spent my time thus far in my life.

import { Plot } from "@mkfreeman/plot-tooltip"

career = FileAttachment("career.csv").csv({typed: true})


parseDate = d3.utcParse("%Y")

clean_career = career.map(d => ({...d, start2: parseDate(d.start), end2: parseDate(d.end)}))


Plot.plot({
  marginLeft: 45,
  width,
  axis: null,
  color: {
    scheme: "pastel2"
  },
  x: {
    axis: "top",
    grid: true,
  },
  marks: [
    Plot.barX(clean_career, {
      x1: "start2",
      x2: "end2",
      fill: "type",
      y: "institution",
      title: (d) => `${d.title}`,
      sort: {y: "x1"}
    }),
    Plot.text(clean_career, {
      x: "start2",
      y: "institution",
      text: "institution",
      textAnchor: "end",
      dx: -3
    })
  ],
  tooltip: {
    stroke: "cornflowerblue"
  }
})